Romancing the Bard: Stratford at Fifty - Hardcover

Hunter, Martin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550023632 ISBN 13: 9781550023633

Publisher: Dundurn Press, 2001

Synopsis

Romancing the Bard offers a look at the Stratford Festival in its first fifty years as it developed from a bold venture driven by vision of a handful of eager enthusiasts to its present status as a multi-million dollar cultural and commercial enterprise. With profiles of Stratford personalities from founder Tyrone Guthrie to current artistic director Richard Monette, it provides glimpses of intrigue and conflict both offstage and on.

The book traces the development of a distinctive Canadian acting style, the soaring costs of production and design, the conflict between artists and moneymen, the external image promoted by publicists or imposed by critics and the changing mandate as the Festival assumes an increasingly populist character.

This is a celebration of a uniquely successful artistic enterprise, and focuses on some of the Festival's finest productions. Illustrated with photographs from the Festival archives.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

A look at the Stratford Festival in its first 50 years, as it developed from a bold venture to a multi-million-dollar enterprise.

About the Author:

Martin Hunter has been a child actor, boy diplomat, university teacher, and arts journalist. His first passion is theatre, where he has worked as an actor, director, writer, and producer. Former artistic director of Hart House Theatre, Hunter has written several plays and CBC Radio dramas and documentaries. He is president of the KM Hunter Charitable Foundation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1550023632
• ISBN 13: 9781550023633
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240